cyclophosphamide and cryoablation in treating patients with advanced or metastatic epithelial cancer

Conditions: Cancer

Summary: rationale: drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. cryoablation kills cancer cells by freezing them. giving chemotherapy together with cryoablation may kill more cancer cells. purpose: this clinical trial is studying how well giving cyclophosphamide together with cryoablation works in treating patients with advanced or metastatic epithelial cancer.

objectives: * document radiologic and/or tumor marker response to cryotherapy of tumor lesions followed by cyclophosphamide. outline: this is a pilot study. patients undergo percutaneous biopsy of the targeted lesion prior to cryoablation. patients then undergo percutaneous or open cryotherapy of the largest or most accessible lesion on day 0. on day 3, patients receive cyclophosphamide iv over 1 hour. tumor markers (if applicable) are assessed at baseline and monthly during study until marker progression. after completion of study therapy, patients are followed periodically for up to 3 years.

Eligibility criteria:
disease characteristics: * diagnosis of epithelial solid tumors of any of the following sites or types: * lung (closed to accrual as of 4/2/2009) * renal * prostate * breast (closed to accrual as of 4/2/2009) * sarcoma (closed to accrual as of 4/2/2009) * colon (closed to accrual as of 4/2/2009) * liver(closed to accrual as of 4/2/2009) * pancreatic (closed to accrual as of 4/2/2009) * bone (closed to accrual as of 4/2/2009) * head and neck (closed to accrual as of 4/2/2009) * melanoma (closed to accrual as of 4/2/2009) * carcinoma of unknown primary (closed to accrual as of 4/2/2009) * advanced or metastatic disease * ineligible for or unwilling to undergo surgical resection * eligible for cryotherapy but not expected to be cured by cryotherapy alone patient characteristics: * ecog performance status 0-2 * life expectancy \> 3 months * creatinine \< 2.5 mg/dl * platelet count \>75,000/mm³ * inr\< 1.5 * no known hiv positivity * no active, uncontrolled infection * not pregnant * negative pregnancy test * women of childbearing potential must practice adequate contraception * no debilitating medical or psychiatric illness that would preclude giving informed consent or receiving optimal treatment and follow-up prior concurrent therapy: * see disease characteristics

Keywords: carcinoma of unknown primary recurrent carcinoma of unknown primary stage iiia non-small cell lung cancer stage iiib non-small cell lung cancer stage iv non-small cell lung cancer recurrent non-small cell lung cancer extensive stage small cell lung cancer recurrent small cell lung cancer stage iii renal cell cancer stage iv renal cell cancer recurrent renal cell cancer stage iii prostate cancer stage iv prostate cancer recurrent prostate cancer male breast cancer recurrent breast cancer stage iiia breast cancer stage iiib breast cancer stage iiic breast cancer stage iv breast cancer chondrosarcoma metastatic osteosarcoma recurrent osteosarcoma stage iii adult soft tissue sarcoma stage iv adult soft tissue sarcoma recurrent adult soft tissue sarcoma previously treated childhood rhabdomyosarcoma recurrent childhood rhabdomyosarcoma metastatic childhood soft tissue sarcoma recurrent childhood soft tissue sarcoma ovarian sarcoma stage iiib uterine sarcoma stage iiic uterine sarcoma stage iiia uterine sarcoma stage iva uterine sarcoma stage ivb uterine sarcoma metastatic ewing sarcoma/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor recurrent ewing sarcoma/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor stage iii colon cancer stage iv colon cancer recurrent colon cancer localized unresectable adult primary liver cancer recurrent adult primary liver cancer recurrent childhood liver cancer stage iii childhood liver cancer stage iv childhood liver cancer stage iii pancreatic cancer localized osteosarcoma malignant giant cell tumor of bone stage iv melanoma recurrent melanoma stage iii squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx stage iv squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx stage iii squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx stage iii verrucous carcinoma of the larynx stage iv squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx stage iv verrucous carcinoma of the larynx recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx recurrent verrucous carcinoma of the larynx stage iii basal cell carcinoma of the lip stage iii squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity stage iii verrucous carcinoma of the oral cavity stage iv adenoid cystic carcinoma of the oral cavity stage iv squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity recurrent adenoid cystic carcinoma of the oral cavity recurrent mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the oral cavity recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity recurrent verrucous carcinoma of the oral cavity metastatic squamous neck cancer with occult primary squamous cell carcinoma recurrent metastatic squamous neck cancer with occult primary untreated metastatic squamous neck cancer with occult primary stage iii squamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx stage iv squamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx stage iii squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx stage iv squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx stage iii esthesioneuroblastoma of the paranasal sinus and nasal cavity stage iii inverted papilloma of the paranasal sinus and nasal cavity stage iii squamous cell carcinoma of the paranasal sinus and nasal cavity stage iv esthesioneuroblastoma of the paranasal sinus and nasal cavity stage iv squamous cell carcinoma of the paranasal sinus and nasal cavity recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the paranasal sinus and nasal cavity high-grade salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma salivary gland adenocarcinoma salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma salivary gland anaplastic carcinoma salivary gland malignant mixed cell type tumor salivary gland poorly differentiated carcinoma salivary gland squamous cell carcinoma low-grade salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma salivary gland acinic cell tumor stage iii salivary gland cancer stage iv salivary gland cancer recurrent salivary gland cancer intraocular lymphoma recurrent childhood lymphoblastic lymphoma recurrent pancreatic cancer recurrent uterine sarcoma newly diagnosed carcinoma of unknown primary advanced adult primary liver cancer ciliary body and choroid melanoma, medium/large size conjunctival melanoma stage iv pancreatic cancer stage iiia melanoma stage iiib melanoma stage iiic melanoma tongue cancer stage iiia intraocular melanoma stage iiib intraocular melanoma stage iiic intraocular melanoma stage iv intraocular melanoma